Escape Sentence Examples

The sand stretched out before her, their tracks pointing to the escape route.

"You speak of escape?" he asked with a frown.

To escape the war?

There seemed to be no way to escape the anger of this furious man.

She took the opportunity to escape, darting by Dustin to her room.

He called a portal and left, needing to escape then realizing the emotions he didn't want to feel went with him.

He pushed the thought of his slain brother away but couldn't escape the lingering sense of unease.

Escape was hampered by the fact that the window wouldn't open.

Had he married her to escape his family?

I've come to offer you the chance to escape, so long as you take me to a … to a spaceship.

Lori could have kept the baby, the farm and the money, but she chose to "escape" instead.

He stood in the hallway smiling, his predatory look assuring her he had no plans of letting his dinner escape him.

For decades, teams of three hardy fools had tried to knock each other senseless with high pressure fire hoses, while the spectators tried to escape the cross fire.

I planned on going to Seychelles to escape the east coast cold, but Gio said being invited here was an honor.

Those asking it didn't offer a means for the world to escape from war.

Nicholas could already see not far in front of him the wood where the wolf would certainly escape should she reach it.

If you try to alert anyone or escape, I'll peel your skin from your bodies and watch you scream, Harmony warned.

The possibility of escape was nil so secure was our twelve foot square cell.

She shed it and her boots quickly, wanting to escape to her room before her father cornered her.

They had to hold their noses and put their horses to a trot to escape from the poisoned atmosphere of these latrines.

He knew what a shock he would inflict on his father and mother by the news of this loss, he knew what a relief it would be to escape it all, and felt that Dolokhov knew that he could save him from all this shame and sorrow, but wanted now to play with him as a cat does with a mouse.

Everyone stood up respectfully when the Military Governor, having stayed about half an hour alone with the dying man, passed out, slightly acknowledging their bows and trying to escape as quickly as possible from the glances fixed on him by the doctors, clergy, and relatives of the family.

You won't escape!--from that moment this conversation began, contrary to all the laws of logic and contrary to them because quite different subjects were talked about at one and the same time.

But she didn't think any of them could escape, or they would have.

"Despite my great respect for old Kutuzov," he continued, "we should be a nice set of fellows if we were to wait about and so give him a chance to escape, or to trick us, now that we certainly have him in our hands!

You helped me escape demons through that awful underworld forest.

So, if we had the wings, and could escape the Gargoyles, we might fly to that rock and be saved.

As I talked, happy thoughts fluttered up out of my words that might perhaps have struggled in vain to escape my fingers.

But above all harvest as early as possible, if you would escape frosts and have a fair and salable crop; you may save much loss by this means.

The woman was far enough ahead she should be able to escape while he distracted the creature.

Gabe hated her yet couldn't escape the memory of the compassion and spirit that made him take a stranger to bed last night.

Not letting the abbe and Pierre escape, Anna Pavlovna, the more conveniently to keep them under observation, brought them into the larger circle.

On receiving it, he ran on tiptoe to his study in alarm and haste, trying to escape notice, closed the door, and began to read the letter.

And by chance an escape from this dangerous position presents itself in the form of an aimless and senseless expedition to Africa.

It was a pleasant escape from the dust and noise of the building going on above them.

Patsy Boyd apparently lifted a set of keys from a worker in the lodgings where she and Martha were temporarily quartered and made her escape in a twenty-year old Buick.

"If I ever have the good fortune to escape from this island," he said, "I will be kind and obliging to every one.

She was glad to find escape from them in practical activity.

To fear or to try to escape that force, to address entreaties or exhortations to those who served as its tools, was useless.

It pleased me doubly; to show off my fiancée and escape the rush of August in New York.

Before she could escape into the modesty of the robe, he pulled her toward him.

The grey wall slid away to display an escape pod, large enough for one person standing.

Unwilling to see her death, she closed her eyes, never imagining she'd ever be hurtling towards some distant planet in an escape pod booby-trapped to kill her!

"What does all this mean, anyhow?" asked the horse, jumping to escape a thorn.

The Mangaboos saw her escape, and several of them caught up their thorns and gave chase, mounting through the air after her.

But they knew now that there was a means of escape and so waited patiently until the path appeared for the second time.

Whether you hike around the Arapaho National Forest or plan on going skiing and tubing during the winter, Fraser is the ideal escape from city stress.

She looked him over again, certain he could escape any time he wanted.

A group of boulders nearby offered some escape from the sun.

I almost died a million times over, and if I didn't know how to enable the shields on the escape pod, I would have burned up in the atmosphere, and if that didn't kill me, then hitting the planet-- He held up a hand, planting it across her mouth when she refused to stop.

Leyon said you arrived in an escape pod?

Our greatest Champion, Overman-Anu, once climbed the spiral stairway and fought nine days with the Gargoyles before he could escape them and come back; but he could never be induced to describe the dreadful creatures, and soon afterward a bear caught him and ate him up.

It is a secret the bears do not know, and we people of Voe usually walk upon the water when we travel, and so escape our enemies.

"Suppose we escape down the stairs, too," suggested the boy.

Some of the wooden beings fell flat upon the ground, where they quivered and trembled in every limb; but most of them managed to wheel and escape again to a distance.

Jim was in the act of plunging down the path to escape when the Sawhorse cried out:

Located in central upstate New York, the Finger Lakes region is a popular vacation destination for outdoor enthusiasts, families, and anyone looking to escape and relax.

Steak Escape, Jenny's Steak House and Mattson's Steakhouse are the top steakhouses in Illinois.

And Portlanders love nothing better than to escape into the many bars lining the city streets, where happy hours are long and the bartenders are strangely sexy and friendly.

With a modern layout and spacious table settings, this streamlined restaurant is a complete escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Finally, after a day in Central Park, escape from New York City, drive through the Holland Tunnel and eat at a restaurant called Caribbean Flavor.

Secluded wooded campgrounds offer a peaceful escape from the city, as well as dozens of hiking and biking trails near the historic town.

Maybe there's some way to have both; retain our privacy and have an escape identity in case the need ever arises.

I have no fear this woman will attempt to escape as she sees my knife and knows full well her daughter's life is in my hands.

Allowing a smile to escape, Yully pulled the necklace free.

In the morning, her father really would kill him, and she'd be lucky to escape with another beating.

To escape the smiling innkeeper role, he plodded barefoot out back to the small patio, fired up the barbeque, popped the cap on the first of the last three Fat Tire Ales and stretched out on Cynthia's chaise.

But escape wasn't that simple.

The two were sharing a room and the escape was not discovered until the following morning.

She jerked an elbow back into his stomach and heard the breath escape him in a groan.

Whether he was trying to escape or attack Alex was unclear, but Alex reached the door at the same time the man did.

As fast as she ran, she couldn't escape her horror, her hatred of past-Deidre, her helplessness.

Starting to panic, Deidre sought some escape route.

If she saw an escape route, she was gone.

Or do you have an escape plan you'd like to share?

Katie pretended to listen as Hannah discussed the Paris fashion show she'd attended and the month in Monte Carlo she'd spend in January to escape the coldest weather.

Escape for you and for me.

A dozen of them smashed together and tumbled to the ground, and seeing his success Jim kicked again and again, charging into the vegetable crowd, knocking them in all directions and sending the others scattering to escape his iron heels.

But come, my children; let us explore the mountain and discover which way we must go in order to escape from this cavern, which is getting to be almost as hot as a bake-oven.

Mother usually knows what she is about, but she made a mistake this time; for you are sure to escape us unless you come too near, and you probably won't do that.

For, if we told you truly, you might escape us altogether; and if we told you an untruth we would be naughty and deserve to be punished.

He wished to escape the punishment, and so he called out, "Lucy Martin!" and went proudly to his seat.

I would wake with a start or struggle frantically to escape from my tormentor.

The latter, a fresh, rosy officer of the Guards, irreproachably washed, brushed, and buttoned, held his pipe in the middle of his mouth and with red lips gently inhaled the smoke, letting it escape from his handsome mouth in rings.

Bonaparte himself, not trusting to his generals, moved with all the Guards to the field of battle, afraid of letting a ready victim escape, and Bagration's four thousand men merrily lighted campfires, dried and warmed themselves, cooked their porridge for the first time for three days, and not one of them knew or imagined what was in store for him.

General Buxhowden was all but attacked and captured by a superior enemy force as a result of one of these maneuvers that enabled us to escape him.

That's awful... and to escape from these dreadful thoughts she went to Sonya and began sorting patterns with her.

More than once he had enabled Dolokhov to escape when pursued.

Though this news was being concealed from the inhabitants, the officials--the heads of the various government departments--knew that Moscow would soon be in the enemy's hands, just as Count Rostopchin himself knew it, and to escape personal responsibility they had all come to the governor to ask how they were to deal with their various departments.

He felt that everything was now at an end, all was in confusion and crumbling to pieces, that nobody was right or wrong, the future held nothing, and there was no escape from this position.

"But I have had a lucky escape this time," he added, pointing to the damaged plaster of the wall.

Each of them desired nothing more than to give himself up as a prisoner to escape from all this horror and misery; but on the one hand the force of this common attraction to Smolensk, their goal, drew each of them in the same direction; on the other hand an army corps could not surrender to a company, and though the French availed themselves of every convenient opportunity to detach themselves and to surrender on the slightest decent pretext, such pretexts did not always occur.

Scarcely a quarter of the soldiers remain with the standards of their regiments, the others go off by themselves in different directions hoping to find food and escape discipline.

First he rings his bell fearlessly, but when he gets into a tight place he runs away as quietly as he can, and often thinking to escape runs straight into his opponent's arms.

With only 10 tables, an excellent wine list and white table cloths, Newmans is a nice place to go when you want to escape the rustic Oregon coast for an evening and dine in the atmosphere of an Italian seaside village.

While the fools looked for my car nearby, I, in spite of excruciating pain, managed to escape their feeble efforts to find me.

She kicked and fought, unable to escape his grip when the cold in-between world swallowed her.

If you try to alert anyone or escape, I'll peel your skin from your bodies and watch you scream, Harmony warned.

No pain and escape to your world!

"I don't want a favor, unless that means you're willing to help me escape," she replied.

You said it wasn't scary; at least once you knew you weren't trapped back there; that you could wake up and escape back to reality.

There were handprints on the windows, as if someone had tried to escape, and blood splattered on the ceiling and the walls.

You cannot escape the bears that way.

All that fun can really build an appetite, so if you want to escape the regular burger or pizza joint, try some of the Indian restaurants Richmond has to offer.

The escape was less than stealthy, and it was impossible to tell if there was more than one pair of feet.